Professional support networks - Cardiff Met Wellbeing Platform

Professional support networks are the networks you build with other colleagues or professionals in your topic area. They can be helpful for learning, collaborating and employment opportunities. Connecting with other doctoral researchers can also allow you to share experiences and feel less alone in your journey.

In these two videos, doctoral students talk about the importance of building professional support networks.

Click on the video image to view the second video

So how can you do this? This article covers some different ways to start building your professional network, such as attending conferences, emailing authors and joining webinars or forums.

Our ‘Community’ tile provides opportunities to join networks with others Welsh doctoral researchers.